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CHARACTERIZATION OF AIR EMISSIONS FROM THE SIMULATED OPEN COMBUSTION OF FIBERGLASS MATERIALS
Citation:
Lutes, C. C. AND J V. Ryan*. CHARACTERIZATION OF AIR EMISSIONS FROM THE SIMULATED OPEN COMBUSTION OF FIBERGLASS MATERIALS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/R-93/239 (NTIS 94-136231), 1993.
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Description:
The report identifies and quantifies a broad range of pollutants that are discharged during small-scale, simulated, open combustion of fiberglass, and reports these emissions relative to the mass of fiberglass material combusted. Two types of fiberglass materials (representing the boating and building materials industries were combusted in a controlled outbuilding designed to simulated open burning. Volatile, semivolatile, and particulate-bound organics were collected and analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The emphasis of these analyses was on the quantification of hazardous air pollutants listed in Title III of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, although further efforts were made to identify and quantify other major organic components. Additional sampling and analysis was done for particulate-phase metals, hydrogen chloride, and respirable fibers. Fixed combustion gases (carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitric oxide, oxygen, and total hydrocarbons) were monitored continuously throughout the test period. Analytical results show substantial emissions of many pollutants including arsenic, benzene, benzo(a)pyrene, carbon monoxide, dibenzofuran, lead, napthalene, particulate, phenanthrene, phenol, styrene, and toluene.